RAWALPINDI:The Lahore High Court (LHC)Rawalpindi bench on Wednesday sought legal opinion on the bail application of a convict who was co-accused in the American-born woman Wajiha Swatti’s murder case. A two-member bench comprising Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan and Justice Abdul Aziz of the LHC, while addressing the petitioner’s lawyer, remarked that the convicted Hurriatullah was […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Wednesday approved technical, supplementary grants of Rs. 3 billion to Cabinet Division for development expenditure under SDGs Achievement Programme (SAP). The ECC also approved Rs. 844.389 million in favour of Ministry of Housing and Works for repair and maintenance of Supreme Court of Pakistan building, Judges Residences, Rest houses […]
Read MoreABBOTTABAD:District Election Commissioner Abbottabad Zeeshan Khan on Wednesday said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) encouraged women to actively participate in the upcoming general elections. Addressing a voter seminar organized at Sangi Welfare Foundation Office Shimla Hill, he said that women have an important role in the democratic process, and women should participate in the […]
Read MoreATTOCK:The district administration has declared as many as 92 housing societies operating in different areas of Attock, Hasanabdal, Jand, Pindigheb Hazro and Fateh Jang as illegal. According to the list, the highest number of housing societies operating illegally are located in Fateh Jang while different famous housing societies launched by various government departments in various […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Tribal leader Haji Mir Naseer Khan Lahri on Wednesday strongly condemned the incident of desecration of the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Sweden. In a statement, issued here, he said, Sweden had hurt the sentiments of 2 billion Muslims. He said that freedom of speech did not mean that you “desecrate […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Sheik on Wednesday directed the officials concerned to expedite the work on Lakhra Coal Mines and to maintain transparency. He issued these directives while chairing the 21st board meeting of Sindh Lakhra Coal Mining Company at his office here. It was approved to give the area of Lakhra Coal […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended the sentences of two accused including its former registrar Amin Farooq and Javed Bangash in a graft reference. A three-member SC bench headed by Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan heard the appeals of accused against their sentences. Petitioner’s lawyer Khawaja Haris argued that his client Amin Farooq had spent eight […]
Read MoreKARACHI:The Aga Khan University Hospital’s Pharmacy Trainee Programme has received the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accreditation for International Pharmacy Practice Residency Programmes (IPPR), becoming the first academic medical centre, the third international hospital and the first in Pakistan, to receive the prestigious three-year accreditation. This accreditation helps raise the standards of training for […]
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